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A throwback to the before times of early-stage Capitalism, Trust is a narrative puzzle fueled by finance, class, love, and ambition. Hernan Diaz’s 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel invests in a four-piece fugue of storytelling, with varying literary styles and eras that make you second guess your current narrator and the previous page. Spanning a century of American wealth, the novel starts by chronicling the curious success of Benjamin and Helen Rask, poster children for the “Bright Young Things” of the 1920s, who may not be worthy of their riches. Diaz pivots to track new characters through the Great Depression up through the denouement of the modern era, weaving a web of wealth and revision through the years.
Want to know who to trust? Follow the money, if you can.
To join our book club, visit sdmag.com/bookclub. Then visit one of the participating local, indie bookstores to buy a copy of Trust . Email a photo of your receipt to books @ sdmag.com. We’ll randomly select one winner each month who will get $300 to any one of CH Projects Establishments (Neighborhood, Born and Raised, Craft & Commerce, Ironside).
No one ever died thinking, “I should’ve read less.”
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